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Samarco Mineração S.A. is a Brazilian mining company founded in 1977. It is currently a
On 5 November 2015, two dams in
/ref> In June 2016, Samarco had not accomplished any of 11 mandatory emergency actions, according to IBAMA. Among these 11 actions designed to minimize environmental damage, only four are partially accomplished, and the others seven are unfulfilled. Still, according to IBAMA, “the documentation delivered by SAMARCO refers to isolated areas without any integration between them”. “Considering the magnitude of the disaster, has not been presented a strategic planning with emergency operations schedule for the way between the area of the event and the hydroelectric plant Risoleta Neves.” “It’s been seven months since the disaster, the company should already have taken emergency actions related to the mitigation of the effects.”
joint-venture
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between the Brazilian Vale
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and the English-Australian BHP, each one holding 50% of the company's stocks.
Structure
Samarco is hosted inBelo Horizonte
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, the capital of Minas Gerais. It has offices and mining facilities in Mariana
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and Ouro Preto
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, as well as in cities of Espírito Santo
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, such as Anchieta, which hosts the Ponta Ubu unity.
Environmental disaster
On 5 November 2015, two dams in Mariana
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
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*"Mariana", a so ...
owned by Samarco that contained by-products of iron mining collapsed.
The accident caused 19 casualties in the district of Bento Rodrigues and its surroundings.
The mix of contaminated water and mud flowed to nearby rivers including the Rio Doce, an important river for the southeast regions of Brazil. The water contamination led to the suspension of water service in several cities that depend on water from the Doce River. This incident is considered to be the biggest environmental accident in the history of Minas Gerais.
As a consequence of the disaster, the Brazil
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ian government suspended the company's activities.
In Brazil, Samarco/Vale was involved in the financing of dozens of political campaigns with contributions that reached R$80 million in just the 2014 general elections, and many of these same politicians are now tasked with investigating the company's responsibilities for the disaster and setting the amount of fines.UOL Notícias: Deputados que vão apurar tragédia em Mariana receberam R$ 2 milhões da Vale/ref> In June 2016, Samarco had not accomplished any of 11 mandatory emergency actions, according to IBAMA. Among these 11 actions designed to minimize environmental damage, only four are partially accomplished, and the others seven are unfulfilled. Still, according to IBAMA, “the documentation delivered by SAMARCO refers to isolated areas without any integration between them”. “Considering the magnitude of the disaster, has not been presented a strategic planning with emergency operations schedule for the way between the area of the event and the hydroelectric plant Risoleta Neves.” “It’s been seven months since the disaster, the company should already have taken emergency actions related to the mitigation of the effects.”
Notes and references
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